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Check out vCard at http://www.imc.org/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan Arnold [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 6:37 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: schema for human (resource) discovery? > > As Peter Winn has raised the issue of metadata that enhances the > discovery > of humans, I'd like to explore a little further (despite the fact > that it > necessitates me thinking of my colleagues as "resources" :-( > > I am investigating the creation and maintenance of a database of > Australian > chemists (or chemically-interested persons ;-). Is there already a > recognised schema out there for the description of personnel? Despite > Simon Cox's reply to Peter, I'm not yet clear whether DC is > appropriate or > not. It would be very convenient if it was because we have good tools > to > create and manage DC metadata. > > At 9:05 AM +0800 on 21/7/98,Simon Cox wrote in reply to Peter Winn: > > >Peter - I think that there is a major flaw in your example, > >concerning the DC.Identifier elements. Your example metadata > >purports to describe a person, whereas the identifiers that > >you give identify > >1. a web page > >2. an e-mail address. > > > >Neither the web-page or e-mail address are identifiers for > >instantiations of Stu. Arguably, they are resources in their > >own right. The 1:1 principle, which was extensively discussed > >at DC-5, asserts the notion that DC metadata should refer to > >a single specific instantiation of a resource. > >"Identifier" should really be some kind of unique code for > >the resource itself. Better examples in the case of a person > >might be SSN, TFN, etc. > > > >However, pursuing this line a little further, while the web-page > >is relatively easy to describe in DC, the e-mail address is > >trickier (I guess, if pushed, I'd suggest it could be > >DC.Type="interactive" since it only has meaning when interacted > >with, but I'm not real confident here). Furthermore, both > >of these resources are clearly _related_ to Stu-the-person, > >and thus it should be possible to provide pointers between the > >metadata for each and Stu-the-person using DC.Relation. I wonder > >what Relation-type should be used? For the web-page either > >"IsBasedOn/IsBasisFor" or "References/IsReferencedBy". However, > >for the e-mail address it is not at all clear. > >The choices are (see Relation working-group report [1] ) > > > >IsPartOf/HasPart > >IsVersionOf/HasVersion > >IsFormatOf/HasFormat > >References/IsReferencedBy > >IsBasedOn/IsBasisFor > >Requires/IsRequiredBy > > > >Given the two problems described here for e-mail address > >(which DC.Type? and which DC.Relation-type wrt the person) > >maybe I've argued all the way back around to e-mail address > >actually being a valid "identifier" for a person. > >Doesn't feel quite right. > > > >Comments, anyone. (esp. David, Misha?) > > > >(yr values for DC.Subject are a little wierd too - they are not > >really keywords applicable to Stu-the-person - perhaps the > >contents of his mind, but ...) > > > >[1] http://purl.oclc.org/metadata/dublin_core/wrelationdraft.html > > > > > >[log in to unmask] wrote: > >> > >> DC.Title = "Weibel, Stu" > >> DC.Type = "Physical Object" > >> DC.Identifier = "http://www.oclc.org:5047/~weibel/" SCHEME="URL" > >> DC.Identifier = "[log in to unmask]" SCHEME = "Email Address" > >> DC.Subject = "Dublin Core, Metadata, OCLC, IETF, HTML, URI, IW3C2, > ALCTS, > >> ..." > >> DC.Date = "nnnn-nn-nn /" (Stu's Birthday) > >> ... > >-- > >__________________________________________________ > >Dr Simon Cox - Australian Geodynamics Cooperative Research Centre > >CSIRO Exploration & Mining, PO Box 437, Nedlands, WA 6009 Australia > >T: +61 8 9389 8421 F: +61 8 9389 1906 [log in to unmask] > >http://www.ned.dem.csiro.au/SimonCox/ > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > Alan Arnold, School of Chemistry and > Director of Flexible Education, University College (UNSW) > Australian Defence Force Academy, CANBERRA ACT 2600 Australia > voice:+61 2 6268 8080 fax:+61 2 6268 8002 web: > http://www.ch.adfa.oz.au/apa/ > >